The Asbury Park School District’s Board of Education incumbents will be running unopposed in the Nov 6 election, a first in many years. Business Administrator/Board Secretary Geoffrey Hastings confirmed that current Board President Angela Ahbez Anderson, Vice President Sheila Etienne and Kenneth Saunders Jr were the only petitions received by the July 30 deadline. Ahbez-Anderson […]

Not seeing a local response to the violence that unfolded in Charlottesville, Va. Saturday, Bergh street homeowner Lisa Servon [at right] woke Sunday morning and sprang into action. The University of Pennsylvania educator put out the Stand Up Against Racism Asbury Park call to action via social media. Within hours, over 200 people responded by […]

Lise Coachi entered the Asbury Park City Council Chambers with the aid of a walker. She was surrounded by family and friends who led her to seat at the front of the room, giving her a birds-eye view. Like most elders, Ms. Coachi said very few words but intently watched the events of the day […]

It’s a daunting task that was readily embraced by two dozen of Asbury Park’s most adventurous teens. These Asbury Park middle school aged students signed on in December for Interfaith Neighbor’s 14-week Junior Entrepreneur Training [JET] program, meeting afterschool on Thursdays since February in the Springwood Center. Under the direction of volunteer business mentors, students […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education swore in its newest members Tuesday during its annual reorganization meeting. Sheila Etienne, Kenneth Saunders and Angela Ahbez-Anderson were sworn into office by business administrator Geoffrey Hastings. Harris was voted president of the board and Saunders was named Vice president. The board attorney gave a brief overview of the […]